Research & Academia
I work on the foundations of quantum information science. My particular areas of interest include:
Quantum thermodynamics
Wigner's friend experiments
Locality
Characterising non-classical information
Constructor theory of information and thermodynamics
My PhD at the University of Oxford is co-supervised by Prof Vlatko Vedral in the Department of Physics Frontiers of Quantum Information group, and Prof Artur Ekert in the Mathematical Institute Mathematical Physics group. I work closely with Dr Chiara Marletto, who also supervised my master's project.
I am a theoretical physicist (a mix of pen and paper calculations, whiteboard discussions, coding, writing and debating!) and I enjoy collaborating with experimental groups working on different quantum information processing technologies. During my PhD I have formed various international collaborations, and also supervised two student projects.
Papers
See also my Google Scholar profile.
Impossibility of universal work extraction from coherence: Reconciling axiomatic and resource-theory approaches (arXiv preprint, 2024)
A Physics Lab Inside Your Head: Quantum Thought Experiments as an Educational Tool (IEEE, 2023)
Comparing coherent and incoherent models for quantum homogenization (arXiv preprint, 2023)
Transforming pure and mixed states using an NMR quantum homogenizer (PRA, 2021)
Talks
I have had fun giving over 20 talks at seminars and conferences during my PhD so far, some of which were online and recorded, and available on my Videos, talks & lectures page.
Teaching
Taught various undergraduate and graduate courses for the Oxford Mathematical Institute. These include being a Tutor for the Introduction to Quantum Information graduate course (2022), being a Teaching Assistant for the same course (2021), and being a Teaching Assistant for the undergraduate Classical Mechanics course (2020).
Prepared four online lectures and had two live Q&A sessions for the Qiskit Global Summer School 2022 (see Videos, talks & lectures), covering introduction to linear algebra and quantum information, and Hamiltonian time evolution. The school had over 5000 participants.
Academic community work
Peer-reviewed papers for Physical Review journals, and quantum information conferences.
On the External Advisory Board for the Bristol Quantum Information Technologies (BQIT) conference 2024, which involves organising and chairing the Foundations and Thermodynamics session.
- Oxford MPLS Enterprise and Innovation Associate from 2021 to 2023. I supported the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Oxford, representing the Physics and Maths departments and quantum information technologies.
As a member of the IOP Quantum Optics, Quantum Information and Quantum Control (QQQ) special interest group committee since 2020, I have helped support various initiatives for the academic quantum community. My biggest project with the group was creating and coordinating the "Quantum on the Clock Schools Video Competition 2022" (see Projects & initiatives).
During my IBM Quantum internship, in addition to creating the Quantum Paradoxes series and other content (see Videos, talks & lectures), I helped to host and arrange speakers for the weekly Qiskit Quantum Seminar.
